Few Takers For Microsoft's Settlement Cash

Makarand writes "According to this article on SiliconValley.com very few claims have been received to claim money from a Microsoft antitrust settlement in California. Only about 4% of the estimated 14 million eligible California consumers have bothered to file a claim till now. The deadline for filing claims is officially April 28 but is likely to be pushed back into May or June. Either, consumers have found the claims process too confusing, time-consuming and discouraging to keep them from making a claim or they are waiting till the last minute to file(like taxes). According to the settlement one-third of the unclaimed money will be kept by Microsoft and the rest will be given to Californian schools."

Comments

Re:It is -such- a lie...

[Zeinfeld]

The lie here is the VA-Linux propaganda that claims "Either, consumers have found the claims process too confusing, time-consuming and discouraging to keep them from making a claim or they are waiting till the last minute to file(like taxes)."

Either? VA-Linux fails to point out the most likely reason people have not filed - they don't intend to.

VA-Linux really should try to ratchet down their attacks against their competitor here, at least Fox News admits that it is a propaganda outlet for the GOP.

Can we take this result as a sign that 96% of Microsoft users in California have no complaints about Microsoft's actions?

Re:Needed: expanded moderation choices

[Anonymous Coward]

> ... I'm still a bank robber.

And Bill Gates has built the richest company in the world through hard work. Or are you suggesting that other people have/had the opportunity to become as rich and successful as Gates but decided against following it out of purely altruistic principles?